Bessie Smith was the "empress of the blues". Her passionate singing and performing style and her songwriting influenced all the blues and jazz singers that followed. In this DVD video lesson Fred Sokolow shows you how to back yourself up singing 6 Bessie Smith's classics, and how to fingerpick instrumental version.

Each song is played at regular speed and then slowed down with a split-screen that gives you a close-up look at the picking as well as chording hand. All the arrangements are clearly written out in TAB and music in the accompanying PDF booklet on the DVD, along with lead sheet and lyrics.